Pacers notes: Team looks to use Jeff Pendergraph on Hawks' Josh Smith

8:33 AM,
May 4, 2013

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Mike Wells
mike.wells@indystar.com

ATLANTA - The Indiana Pacers coaching staff spent the couple of days leading up to Wednesday's Game 5 tossing around the idea of putting big man Jeff Pendergraph in the rotation to help defend Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith. -

The thinking was that Paul George, who opens games on Smith, could shift over and chase Kyle Korver around the court through screens. -

"Jeff seems to contribute to the game positively every time his number is called," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. "When they're playing a small forward we feel like we can match up with, we can get (Pendergraph) some minutes that way." - ...